mission to teach religion and why you should care about human to. dish is why you should care only. the stories that shaped this week executions pillaging alleged chemical weapons use r t brings you exclusive firsthand accounts of what's happening on the ground as the libyan town of bani walid comes under attack from government let's. take him

back against the social massacre tens of thousands hit the streets of spain and it's a very serious at the government's austerity programs people say are destroying their lives. and the u.s. presidential race enters its final week with both romney and obama and that can nag in the polls while third party candidates bought a media blackout to offer the country a fresh take on american politics. at six am here in moscow you're watching the weekly live with me say the apparent use of chemical weapons against civilians humanitarian crisis stranded refugees and more deaths the reality for the libyan town of bani walid this week the residents they are calling for international help as army and pro-government militias

continue to shell the former gadhafi stronghold artie's policia has been gathering eyewitnesses accounts from the besieged town you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. these are the pictures the world has chosen not to see dismembered bodies random killings dying women and children for three weeks the libyan city of bani walid has been under siege armed militia gangs patrolled the streets looting houses bulldozing properties and shooting indiscriminately if you want if you all most of whom are buying machinery. people are so concerned for the safety of their families they don't want to be identified. why it was chaotic shiling they fired at harbors and shelters indiscriminately more than two thousand families have fled seven families are with us at the moment yes they were fled to the valley but they were firing into even their their families who died in the shelling children died too they fired by women and children straight to the head it

started with the order for the army to use all means necessary to rid the former gadhafi stronghold of all his supporters there were accused of kidnappings and murdering of former militia men credited with capturing the libyan leader last year i would misses and doctors on the scene say people are being fired at with gas pulled the shells r.t. sources report seeing militia trying to hide and remove the bodies of those killed by chemical weapons and i can confirm that these militias used internationally prohibited weapons they used phosphorous bombs and nerve gas we have documented all these in videos recorded the missiles they used on the white phosphorus raining down from these missiles many people died without being wounded shot they died as a result of gases the red cross is to me it's more than twenty five thousand people have so far been made homeless with fiji's who in the confusion of the past few days trying to return home after the army announced the city had fallen there now stranded on the desert highway in fear and panic look at this.

this is good this gun and this be able now this thing now why you don't know one week now this is the outside and there's no what they were doing when i was leaving when i think when we're in one of the government. i saw explosions and rockets about our heads i saw the dad. but the general national council denies the killings despite the evidence to the contrary where the government for third. place where there are i would go as high that of course there will be. small mistakes but the whole picture of the whole thing is being perfect. we are taking care of all the family and it's not only the libyan authorities that are in denial western governments and mainstream media have also chosen to be silent prompting the charge of double standards to be leveled at them let's think back to kerry trying to learn

and we couldn't because in the u.k. or u.s. or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. we were hearing about what was going on in libya a humanitarian disaster. occurring lots of people and today the situation leverage much worse you've got a humanitarian catastrophe taking place we've got massacres going on at the moment and schilens complete silence here the chaotic scenes of a throwback to the long running rivalry between wizards of bani walid and misrata a city khadafi laid siege to they also show the weakness of the new government's authority over former rebel militias which oh it illegal but essentially do what they like. power so it's a leech is a message to all of them across libya wherever they are whoever you are and however strong you are in whoever your backers are the revolution should win it's a years and some evolution came to this oil rich country but little seems to have changed for ordinary libyans many of the crimes gadhafi was accused of are now

being laid at the foot of the general national council a reminder that for many the arab spring turned out to be a very cold winter policia r t beirut. meanwhile the un security council has rejected a russian draft statement condemning the violence in bani walid and calling for a peaceful resolution to the siege the proposal was blocked by the u.s. which took part in the bombing campaign last year to protect civilians from violence from then leader muammar gaddafi are his marina but now i reports from new york. while the united nations has focused much attention this week on the ongoing conflicts in syria and mali russia's efforts to address the death and destruction taking place in libya was blocked by the united states washington refused to support a security council press statement drafted by russia calling for the resolution of violence in bani walid which has been under siege for weeks the u.s.

delegation cited a further need for consultations meanwhile the russian ambassador to the u.n. for tali churkin says that it's quite strange the u.s. would block a press statement condemning the use of force in dealing with libya's political problems just one month after a deadly attack in benghazi claimed the lives of four diplomats and vaster churkin said it is difficult in this case to explain the u.s. delegations actions in a rational terms now russia has dropped her statement calls on the libyan authorities to take urgent steps to resolve the conflict by peaceful means and to preserve the rights of all libyan citizens that also expressed concern about the significant escalation of violence in and around the city of miami will lead or do you will be following the violence. and we'll keep you up to date two of developments in the and around the besieged.

a human brokered truce in syria has crumbled amid a further bombings and clashes across the country at least five were killed and many more injured when a car bomb exploded near a playground in the capital damascus the violence a modest ceasefire that was meant to coincide with celebrations for the muslim holiday of eating some rebel groups or such as the radical on the front rejected the truce outright a position that al qaida supported and a recent video posted online the al qaeda leader urged muslims to join the rebellion in syria international affairs analysts allows us us the says that the truce plan was doomed to fail. the government in syria is formed. also. including the united states with the syrians through turkey turkey itself although many of the countries to create your money is providing the union support so we really prefer we know they're operating procures on us will they don't want

each if they want to remove the government of syria from personal bush on our side of the votes aren't you. believe. it will include the support from the outside world i mean they say that they're not going to abide by the states or it's because they haven't been pressured by the powers that back them or perhaps they have even been told not to support this use for. drones drama reaches a skies over the united states american officials plucked a popular pakistani politician off his plight to question him over his opposition to washington state the strife in the country that's story to come in the next hour . tens of thousands of people took to the streets of spain and italy to protest against austerity measures demonstrations train violent in the not really tell you in town a river delgado of police used tear gas and batons to disperse angry crowds but as archie's star first reports the struggling public is still determined to get its

message heard by those in power. getting back to to stere say people all over a year at the continuing to fight against this a measure instead of fighting deeper and deeper into the public and private purpose of many usa nations caches with police break out in the north of italy of thousands marched against the government in the capital re the movies dubbed anti monte de similar scenes we witnessed in the trades west bank is turned on the us to rally against never ending government cuts we feel like we are number of percentage by our government that they are doing this that we are no good we don't agree with them and we are telling them on the diamond but they don't listen as it is starting and a spread across year thousands of people have taken to the street and it's not just in madrid for in greece to italy big here is in countries and small this is the

year a crisis that doesn't discriminate affecting people of all ages and from all walks of life. here in spain the unemployment figures now top a whopping twenty five percent this is a younger generation that's been hit the hardest and that is that for the country you see the heart the sixteen to twenty four year olds in the house of work everything you see presumed unemployment poverty. the ferns the crosses in people here police offices. dividing the protesters from the governments that more and more a growing to live with that of g.t. you'll find many of them joining the march in the lower in force with a feeling the pinch the need amongst many protesters greg craig been to many times before and still they tell us nothing seems changed. is actually not to cut back spending but to invest more in the economy to invest in growth to make

sure that there are jobs and the only way to offer. get out of this is to grow your way out not just cut your way out of that so one of the main arguments of the people here is that if you actually listen to the people who are not you good interest from abroad you would come up with a lot more sensible a lot more rational response to this was a dogmatic insistence on austerity this in successive governments across the isolated from their electorate and amongst the euro members themselves divisions a widening a explains witnessing this independently it has alone year in the basque country those demanding freedom and elect things that british politicians do while greece is fighting in upsurge of radical nationalist sentiment is leading to the grace of far right and fascist greats seems like these make it hard to believe that earlier this month even is awarded the nobel peace prize bringing stability and unity to the previously want to own continent some protesters are calling it

a social muska with a massive euro wide strike planned for later this month it seems as long as things continue as they are there will be no peace here. r.t. . police in greece have arrested a journalist to publish a list of the country's political and business elite with swiss bank accounts there was a blow a fuse or athens of failing to go after those dodging taxes while imposing punishing spending cuts on the struggling population professor of economics a young. politicians are reluctant to investigate because of their own involvement in the case. possibly it really did investigative reporting greece has been arrested for frankly serving the public interest but the vast majority gives a good population fear the good politicians use the glue to expose

the network of corruption which involves logic politicians and businessmen additions of. pointing moralizing fingers that we can members of exercise saying no you have not been free range x. you've been vaccinated this is why we're in such a global stage to now go to do this coming out of acceleration and about the fact that tax evasion is again played very skillfully go that each end as it has been happening for the last thirty or forty years now live peculiarly keen to be idle in the face of such a list. any a crane polling stations have closed and parliamentary elections that look set to assess the country's leadership the opposition as players to impeach the president if they win enough seats while the race to form a coalition could decide the outcome exit polls are so far suggest the ruling party of regions is ahead in the vote but has no overall majority party is alexia chefs

he has the details from. of the ruling party may have won this election in terms of the number of votes they've gained they won in the first place according to most of the exit polls but the combined votes combined seats of the opposition parties may eventually bring them the majority in the new ukrainian parliament and this could in fact spell big trouble for president bush because the opposition has been saying all along that one of its first decisions should gain a majority in the new parliament would be to impeach the president the biggest intrigue which remains still is whether the party of the former heavyweight champion boxing champion of the world. will be willing to join the opposition in the new coalition within the parliament because so far this court has been saying that he will not form the coalition with the ruling party but still he hasn't officially confirmed that he will be willing to make

a new alliance of parties within the parliament with the opposition parties the exit poll results are based only on the proportional seats on the parties which were voted for him during this election but things may change when they count the votes for independent candidates which were also running and they will make up in fact half of the parliament clearly the main talk will take place after the official results of the century actually commission come out and we are expecting it to happen somewhere in the next two three days this will not happen on monday because there are about twenty million of votes to be counted so we are certainly waiting for all the figures and numbers to be updated from the central issue commission and we will bring all the latest details and all the latest results as we get them. to the us now with just seven days before the presidential election obama and romney are still tied in the polls last week neither a candidate who was able to steal a hate after the final face off to discuss america's foreign policy but some diversity was brought to the raise by the third party debate which offered

a different slant on the key issues r.t. was one of the very few media outlets taking any notice and hear someone highlights . the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial we are on the road toward to him and that's not an exaggeration the biggest threat to our national security is the fact that we're bankrupt we need to retrench rather than trying to be the policeman of the world we need to put an end to the use of drones and actually lead not to lead this development of a new arms race but to lead in an international treaty and the convention to permanently banned the use of drones we're printing and borrowing money to the tune of forty three cents out of every dollar we spend. dollars is bearing.

down as johnson say and we could well be right germany after world war i. the third party presidential candidate said to love for the third and final time in a week and it will be brought to you exclusively by our team while in the fallout from the final debate between obama and romney both came in from kisses them as it emerged their policy is be a striking resemblance to one another on top of that former cia officer ray mcgovern says some issues away just ignore it. well obama should be able to say that our ambassadors are going to be killed our other representatives are going to be murdered unless we change our policy towards the world that policy be defined by the need for oil and the need to protect what are perceived to be the interests of israel plus we change those policies we will never succeed in being able to protect our our embassies and our other diplomatic establishment about afghanistan

probably we're smart it's a it's a fool's errand we've got to get out of there we were wrong we ought to bring our troops right back now why can't he say that or why is it not likely if it is say that because no politician in the united states can afford the slightest risk of seeming soft on things that are described as the war on terrorism it's that simple . coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on a and online introducing a fresh perspective on the race solving this monday will be exploring america's domestic policies and challenges in depth stay with r.t. for that. what lies ahead for you will the movements mobilize calls for a new america who stands for the going to nine percent who is election day please go. to the twenty ninth on r.t. of all pakistani cricket star turned politician has been interrogated by u.s.

officials in run kano was pulled off a plane and questioned about his campaign to end american drone strikes in pakistan he demanded an apology following the incident and vowed to continue his campaign and as our g.'s a readout going to school reports and nothing is likely to change washington stance on his controversial program. killing the civilians of one country in the name of security of another the united states has been doing just that for over eighteen years and pakistan. there are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered three thousand americans they are plotting to strike again federally administered tribal areas burned bright red on the map that's where u.s. drone attacks have been killing thousands of people claiming the majority of them are militant extremists a study led by scholars from new york and stanford university's found that only around two percent of the total number of deaths were militants among the remaining

several thousand victims of drone attacks hundred seventy five were children the fact of the matter remains the us has been carrying out military operations in a country that it is not at war with and the international community says almost nothing about actions which are illegal by international standard the rest of the opposite. that's. the. point i think the. choice. was. that in the day islamabad and washington were all smiles each seeking to benefit from cooperation centered on dealing with the persistent taliban problem though there was a cool off in the relationship in the one nine hundred seventy s. when pakistan began working on its nuclear bomb the values were renewed in the wake of the two thousand one world trade center bombing and the ensuing war on terror

presently however there seems to be no love lost in this match and on strife and. counterproductive but. didn't on the phone on strikes. again focus on solving the. it's not just the buzzing of the drones however that threatens pakistan's integrity but was great as one of the greatest feats of the fight against terrorism. this as a nation of a solid and large and was a military operation carried out in secret and without knowledge of the pakistani authorities. then came the killing of twenty four pakistani soldiers in the u.s. led air strike forcing islam aboard to close down the nato supply routes of ghana's down for seven months it was reopened only after an official apology from the u.s. secretary of state but with pakistan itself calls to cut off cooperation or

submission as many see it to the u.s. get louder with every passing week pakistanis believe the united states may be giving a lot of money to their government but is it the same time ticking away the country's sovereignty and killing its people in islamabad it in a ghost go party. and the country's troubles done and were drawn strife says pakistan suffers a religious violence on the ground at least five people have been killed and twenty five wounded in a par for the last outside a sunni muslim shrine in northwest pakistan a senior police officer was among those injured no one has claimed responsibility so far but some militant movements including the taliban have been blamed for attacks of this kind. plans to expand one of china's largest petrochemical plants have been frozen after we got protests in the city of clashes broke out between protesters and police with locals accusing officers of using tear

gas on the crowds isolators in a series of rallies against industrial polluters as people across the country become more environmentally aware. in northern nigeria as suicide attack on a church observing sunday mass has left seven dead and more than one hundred wounded reprisal killings followed immediately. as an enraged christian use a caring rachet is a check muslims killing to no one has claimed responsibility for the knish will attack but it's a suspected extremist group or boko haram are responsible. new jersey orders a mass evacuations as a you as a braces itself for hurricane sandy which is juji hit on monday night it's already left over sixty people dead in the caribbean new york is said to close its public transport system of a fierce send it could marriage with winter weather front and become a superstorm

a presidential election campaign has also been affected as romney and obama cancel events. coming up shortly r g talks to u.k. base economist mark littlewood about what he thinks the should be done to heal europe's ailing finances. the judge is waiting balls fifteen goats to count. forty kilograms of rice one thousand flatbreads. and. but why is the bride in a bad mood. now to tell the group he's not the one. to rule it is a done deal. wealthy

british science tells us not on guys. back our. markets finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on what will change when america picks its president i mean muslim rage walking the iran tightrope pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate will there be a challenge this election a close guy every day till november fifth on our team. to

speak old language. programs and documentaries in arabic in school here on the t.v. reporting from the world talks about seventy ip interviews intriguing stories for you. troi of the arabic to find out more visit arabic don't our teeth dot com. i'm with mark little words the director of the institute of economic affairs he says that austerity measures aren't a recipe for economic growth but they are

a prerequisite littlewood why are stairs the measures so necessary but what we actually need is to get the economy back into some form of balance we are living a normal slee be on the mark it's actually all of the talk about austerity in the united kingdom is somewhat misplaced and that might be the political rhetoric but if you actually look at the numbers it is the british government's intention to add six hundred billion to the national debt over the course of this parliament that's to say they're going to spend six hundred billion pounds sterling more than they bringing in taxes and that's austerity i wouldn't like to see large ships and we can see by looking around the world will that everybody talks about the global economic crisis actually this is in very large part by western economic crisis caused by debt and i think that one of the lessons that we can draw from it is that spending money you don't have is not a route where comic salvation we have to begin to try and balance the books that

doesn't solve everything but it is a prerequisite so what you're saying is the government's trying to enter mental stare say but failing. what's unbelievably curious about the government's rhetoric is they're talking as if they're taking a chainsaw to public spending that this is going to be the biggest package of austerity this is really going to hurt it's a bit like going to a dentist and the dentist saying to you this is going to be very very painful surgery on really really sorry but you're going to have to suffer it and then deliver in a pinprick it's as if they're sending out mood music to the money markets is if they're trying to pretend they're being tough but the actual figures suggest nothing of the sort so the kind of austerity that you're talking about what would that look like to the ordinary man on the street while i resent the term austerity as a danger that the political debate is now configured in do you.